| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32725 |
| QUOTATION: | We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable’s handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), British author, clergyman. From the second of his letters to the Chartists by “Parson Lot.” Politics for the People (May 27, 1848).
Published in the fourth issue of the Christian Socialist paper Politics for the People. |
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